Taking Snapshots Explained

Taking Snapshots
Type:	album
Artist:	Luc van Acker
Cover:	Luc van Acker - Taking Snapshots.jpg
Released:	1982
Studio:	Luc Van Acker's Bedroom
Length:	38:15
Next Title:	Luc Van Acker
Next Year:	1982

Taking Snapshots (or Taking Snapshots Vol. 1) is the debut studio album of Luc van Acker, self-released in 1982.^[1] The album was reissued on CD by Hard Records in 1994 and Fifth Colvmn Records on May 16, 1995.^[2] In 2009 the album was reissued for the first time since its release on vinyl record by Kindred Spirits.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Music

The album was recorded and mixed by van Acker at the age of eighteen on a TASCAM 244 cassette recorder in his bedroom. The music was inspired by the calligraphy of Buddhist monks and each track recorded in a single tack.^[3]

Reception

Sonic Boom compared the music to Kraftwerk or Cabaret Voltaire and said "Luc van Acker was truly a man ahead of his time and it is a shame that his music did not see a wide spread release at the time it was written."^[7]

Personnel

Adapted from the Taking Snapshots liner notes.^{[8] [9]}

Musicians

• Luc van Acker – instruments, recording, mixing, photography

Production and design

• After Hours (1996 reissue) – design
• Zalman Fishman (1996 reissue) – executive-production
• Jimmy Machon (1994 reissue) – art direction, design

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Belgium	1982		LP	ZAS 001
Denmark	1994	Hard	CD	HARDEST 13
United States	1995	Fifth Colvmn		9868-63190
Netherlands	2009	Kindred Spirits	LP	KSE-01

Notes and References

1. Web site: John . Bush . [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000254791/biography|pure_url=yes}} Luc Van Acker ]. . September 4, 2020.
2. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000175352|pure_url=yes}} Luc Van Acker: ''Taking Snapshots, Vol. 1'' > Overview ]. . September 4, 2020.
3. Taking Snapshots . Taking Snapshots . . 2009 . sleeve . Kindred Spirits . Amsterdam, Netherlands.
4. Luc van Acker . . Sonic Options Network . 1995 . 60-63 . 65 . 3 . September 4, 2020.
5. Book: Reed, S. Alexander . Chapitre 10 Body to Body: l'EMB Belge 1981–1985: 5. Ordre Physique . Camion Blanc: Assimilate a Critical History of Industrial Music . Xlibris US . February 5, 2001 . 218 . 9782378480219 . September 4, 2020.
6. Diedrich . Diederichsen . Diedrich Diederichsen . Taking Snapshots ohn Label URGH!–A Musical War CBS AMLM 66019 . 1500 Schallplatten 1979-1989 . . 1989 . 56 . 9783462020052 . September 4, 2020.
7. Chris . Christian . Luc Van Acker: Taking Snapshots . Sonic Boom . September 1995 . 3 . 6 . September 4, 2020.
8. Taking Snapshots . Taking Snapshots . . 1982 . sleeve . Tienen, Belgium.
9. Taking Snapshots Vol. 1 . Taking Snapshots . . 1995 . booklet . . Washington, DC.